Theodore a 51 3a project

[cbauer]

It may be around July before it has two seats but if you want to come down to Texas were it was almost 80 degrees today, I�ll forsure let you drive it. I�ll even throw in a stripper fishing trip. The clutch is smooth and the brakes are hard. It�s whisper quite and has that unique Willy�s fan sound that makes it the one and only JEEP.
Come hell or high water, I�ll have it at the Colorado Falls Color Tour!
Tomorrow is

[cbauer]

Ok, mother nature still is not letting me drive the motor around the property! Its been raining on and off again all day, I cant even do stuff on my boat.....
Rain Rain go away, little Johnny wants to play! Damit!!

So I talk to Darrell, which is the guy who is painting the jeep for me, at no cost (helped him install the heads in his 33" sea ray), He owns a Auto body shop in sherman, and i just need to get the parts in primer after the body work of course and that would be part three of my double secret evil plan.

Has anyone heard of the water base auto paint? I'll need some info on that because I was going with a urethane.

[cbauer]

  , I�m a happy camper! Drove Teddy around the property and even ran down our main road a ways until I see the gas can running low, wow these motors really suck the gas! S went thru all the gears and reverse as well, checked out high and low gears. I find that I have done well on the pumpkin rebuilds. Couldn�t hear any crazy noises that may indicate that I didn�t read and understand how it all went back together .
So I will start back on the body this weekend and pound some 67 year old steel back into shape!

[cbauer]

Ordered the Tailgate repair section (A) type from Gary in Oregon today. the tailgate was not too rusty but it was crushed in next to the hinge and the crease was to dramatic the get out. So just as well to get one and help out a fellow jeeper making their own parts.
Started back on my tub work and grind, grind and grind!
I need to get more gas to weld so grinding and dolly work are whats in order this week.

[1955CJ-5]

Ordered the Tailgate repair section (A) type from Gary in Oregon today. the tailgate was not too rusty but it was crushed in next to the hinge and the crease was to dramatic the get out. So just as well to get one and help out a fellow jeeper making their own parts.
Started back on my tub work and grind, grind and grind!
I need to get more gas to weld so grinding and dolly work are whats in order this week.

I used one of his repair sections also...turned out nice...

[cbauer]

Hello all you old iron loving Jeepers!, I have been working on the tub and deciding how to attack the body, fenders tailgate and windshield. there is much to do to this one which had way to much bondo filler but its doable to my liking.
I pulled the fenders out which are 2A's in like new condition but have stress cracking that I welded up the grill is ready as you can see on the jeep but the tailgate has damage so I ordered Garys in Oregons' repair section that should be here in about 5 days. that is all it needs with a little dolly work.
the windshield needs just a little more attention but I had done most of that a year ago.
Now on to the body! I have had it sitting upside down working on the floor and rear sections now for about a year. I've started the grinding down of the welds, and have one more small patch under the hat channel at the tool box, once that's done in can weld up the hat channel.
On the firewall i decieded to cut out the area where the steering and brake access is and use a section from one of the donor jeeps that which was in great shape and not all * up from bubba. (see Pictures) With that done i still have quite a few various size holes to patch up on the firewall mostly screw holes but I'll need some bigger sizes as well.

Note to self! need gas for welder and cutoff disks so a trip the harbor freight is in order.

[cbauer]

The patch in the pics came from a 2A that I had, it was cut in half and the dash was missing, but it has a good transmission hump and I thought it would come in handy (once again kids, don't throw the part away when your through with them someone else may need it)
You can see the body #121970 clearly in the picture from the donor, not sure what year it was all the data tags were gone.

[athawk11]

Although that ACM number is not listed on the 2A DATA Base, it is close enough to other ACMs to suggest that your donor tub was originally part of a 1947 2A. 

Are you going to leave the ACM number on the gusset?  If you do, you will drive future historians crazy.   I have certain 2A features on my wife's 3A that would cause a few 2A/3A gurus to wonder what they really have.  For example, I have the same captive nuts around my brake cylinder access hole.  This is a 2A thing.  3As just used sheet metal screws.  I also installed a 2A tool box instead of a 3A tool box.  Good times.

[cbauer]

You bet I am, Hawk there is a lot of borrowed metal on this tub from the 2a, the one problem I ran into is trying to do the same on my passanger fender. I just can�t bring myself to destroy the perfect 2a fender for the aesthetics of the jeep. I have be searching for a 3a/3b fender for a while now.
The grill is from my 2a but I took off the fan shroud and installed the the shroud from the 3a with the side mount bolts. You can�t tell the difference at all.
I�m working on the firewall today, welding and grinding and patching holes and should get to that replacement of metal with the body number on it.
I really need to find a way to grind welds that are in a tight corner. Short of buying that air sander from harbor freight I�ve been using my drimmal tool with grinding stones.

[cbauer]

Ok, so this weekend I spent most of it working 57 year old metal., so I would weld and going, then weld and going some more. Took a break at 3pm to go to the boat dock and cought about a dozen crappy, for a fish fry. Came back a 6ish and started grinding and welding again til 10pm. This was a good day. Lots accomplished on the body, and now I will get the hat channel welded up before I flip it and work the top side.
I plan to make a jig for the layout of the hat channel holes from the frame and just drill the holes back into the body where I replaced the floor boards
I don�t see any issues with this method unless someone has a better idea?
So today I was jeep wrenching and crappy fishing![ch129315][ch128526]

[cbauer]

And her are the pics of the work, I will say that wearing hearing protection is a must for grinding metal! Lots of metal .

[cbauer]

Ok sports fans, I have not spent very much time on Teddy as of lately, mostly due to a 16' flatbed utility trailer that I got and that needed to be completely gone through. I finished the trailer and now I have no other pressing projects that go in front of Teddy. So it will be back to the body once again and welding and grinding, welding and grinding......